Maternal Antibody Transmission in Relation to Mother Fluctuating Asymmetry in a Long-Lived Colonial Seabird: The Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis

Female birds transfer antibodies to their offspring via the egg yolk, thus possibly providing passive immunity against infectious diseases to which hatchlings may be exposed, thereby affecting their fitness. It is nonetheless unclear whether the amount of maternal antibodies transmitted into egg yol...

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Autores principales: Hammouda, Abdessalem, Selmi, Slaheddine, Pearce-Duvet, Jessica, Chokri, Mohamed Ali, Arnal, Audrey, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Boulinier, Thierry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22590497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034966

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22590497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034966

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